Pediatric Transplantation

Significant gaps exist in pediatric transplant fellowship training, including immunosuppression management and long-term care. Our study identifies these areas through a global survey of 237 fellows and proposes actionable strategies, such as case-based learning and interdisciplinary collaboration, to enhance training and improve patient outcomes.

Findings suggest that ChatGPT could be a useful tool for adolescents or caregivers to cover general aspects of kidney transplantation. While the overall scores of accuracy and relevancy are impressive, the presence of potentially risky outputs underscores the necessity for human oversight and validation.

Limited health literacy is common in pediatric kidney transplant recipients and families and is associated with increased frequency of hospital and outpatient clinic department visits early post-transplant.

This is the first national study to assess post-HTx educational priorities among adolescent HTx recipients, caregivers of pediatric HTx recipients, and pediatric HTx clinicians. Our data suggest that HTx recipients and caregivers place higher value on educational topics regarding daily life after transplant compared to clinicians.

Our single center study evaluated the effect of socioeconomic status on pediatric orthotopic heart transplant patients from 2013-2021. While similar past studies had found disparities based on SES, our study did not find any statistically significant differences in patient outcomes between low and high SES groups.

Data from children transplanted from 2010 to 2019 were analyzed using machine learning. Single ventricle congenital heart disease contributed most to overall risk in the first year, followed closely by mechanical circulatory support at the time of transplant and a history of cardiac surgery prior to being listed for transplant.